Episcopal Communities Foundation

Analysis

Episcopal Communities Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Episcopal Communities Foundation reported income of $208k and spending of $284k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $212k to $208k (-1.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Episcopal Communities Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Womens Christian Association of the University of Illinois ($208k), Barnwell IV Inc ($208k) and Chairmans Club ($208k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $90k. At year end it held assets of $505k against liabilities of $29k, net assets of $476k.